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KUNS-TV
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| Seattle / Tacoma / Olympia / Bellingham, Washington |
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| City of license | Bellevue |
| Branding | Univision Seattle |
| Channels | Analog: 51 (UHF) Digital: 50 (UHF) |
| Translators | See article (All in Washington) |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Owner | Fisher Communications (Fisher Broadcasting - Bellevue TV, L.L.C.) |
| Founded | February 10, 1988 (On-air since 1999) |
| Call letters meaning | K UNivision Seattle |
| Sister station(s) | KOMO-TV 4, DT 38 (ABC) |
| Former callsigns | KBEH (1988-1999) KWOG (1999-2006) |
| Former affiliations | ValueVision & ShopNBC (Ended January 2007) |
| Transmitter Power | 3,800 kW Analog 240 kW Digital LIC 21.2 kW Digital STA |
| Height | 719 m (2,358.92 ft) Analog & Digital |
| Class | Full Service TV Station (-TV) Full Time Digital Station (-DT) Temporary Digital Service (-DS) |
| Facility ID | 4624 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 47° 30' 17.00" N LAT 121° 58' 4.00" W LON |
| Website | www.kunstv.com |
KUNS-TV "Univision Seattle" is a full-power commercial television station licensed to Bellevue, Washington. As an affiliate of the Univision Spanish-language network, this station serves the entire Seattle-Tacoma, Washington metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by Fisher Communications and is sister station to the area's ABC affiliate KOMO-TV 4. Fisher also owns ABC affiliate KATU and Univision affiliate KUNP in neighboring Portland, Oregon. KUNS is also one of only three television stations with the Univision network affiliation along side WUDT-CA in Detroit, Michigan and network owned and operated WQHS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio in or near Canadian bordering markets.
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The station's analog broadcasts are on UHF channel 51, with an Effective Radiated Power of 3.8 megawatts and its digital broadcasts on channel 50, also on the UHF dial operates with an ERP of 240 kilowatts. Its transmitter is situated atop West Tiger Mountain -- which is also known as West Tiger #3 and in turn is located near Interstate 90 and State Route 18 on the outer fringe of the Seattle metropolis. Its transmitter measures about 2,358.92 feet (or 719 m) above the average terrain level, and because of this the station can be received through many areas of Western Washington. Previously locally owned and operated and at one point being minority owned, the station was sold to Fisher Communications on September 29, 2006. [1]
On February 10, 1988, the Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for television station KBEH, however the station never made it to the air. Channel 51 would begin its broadcasting operation on August 8, 1999 -- transmitting programs from the ValueVision Network, which later became ShopNBC in 2000 after NBC (now part of NBC Universal) acquired a 37% ownership stake in that network -- in December of that same year, the station would change its call letters to KWOG. On October 31, 2006, the station would change its call letters one more time, from KWOG to the current KUNS-TV. On January 1, 2007, it rang in the year by going from broadcasting home retail programs to broadcasting Hispanic programming as a Univision affiliate almost instantly, providing viewers with programs such as Sabado Gigante, Despierta América and El Gordo y La Flaca, in addition to primetime telenovelas such as Amar Sin Limites, Yo Amo a Juan Querendón and Destilando Amor, along with many other programs. The station has local newscast "Noticias Noroeste". Hosted by Jaime Méndez and Roxy De La Torre. With studio in Fisher Plaza in Seattle.
"Must-carry" regulations imposed by the FCC require most cable television systems across Western Washington to carry KUNS on their lineups. But even with the station's affiliation with Univision, the station is not available on all cable systems, opting for the network's national feed somewhere on their lineups -- or even no Univision service at all.
KUNS is available on satellite television through DirecTV on channel 45 in Tacoma, and is also available on Dish Network channels 51 and 8624 -- the network's national East and West Coast feeds are also still available to satellite customers.
Also, neither the station nor the network are available on cable or satellite systems in Canada. This is because the CRTC has not approved the network or any of its affiliates to be made available for Canadian audiences -- although some of its shows are seen on Telelatino, which is a part Spanish, part Italian cable channel. Telelatino does have plans to launch an all Spanish network in the future.
| Cable / Satellite Provider | Service Areas | Package Fare | Channel Position(s) |
| Comcast | Aberdeen | Analog | 28 |
| Arlington | Analog | 29 | |
| Bremerton | Analog Classic | 29 | |
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| Centralia | Analog | 28 | |
| Seattle | Analog | 29 | |
| Snohomish | Analog | 29 | |
| Tacoma | Analog | 29 | |
| Click! Network | Tacoma | Analog | 27 |
| Dish Network | Marketwide | Locals | 51 / 8624 |
| Millennium Digital Media | Duvall and Eastern King County | Analog | 66 |
| Port Townsend | Analog | 62 | |
| Seattle | Analog | 31 | |
| Wave Broadband | Camano Island | Analog | 16 |
| Port Orchard | Analog | 20 | |
| DirecTV | Marketwide | Locals | 45 |
This is the station's call sign history according to the FCC. [2]
| Call Sign | First Used | Last Used |
| KBEH | February 10, 1988 | December 13, 2000 |
| KWOG | December 13, 2000 | October 31, 2006 |
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The on-air logo since January 2007. |
 The online logo as seen on its website. |
KUNS also has four translator stations, serving the Yakima-Walla Walla-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick market of Eastern Washington. All of these stations are owned by WatchTV, Inc., but are operated by Fisher Communications under a Local Marketing Agreement.
| Station | City of License | Analog Channel | Began Operation | Service Area | Effective Radiated Power |
| KKFQ-CA | Yakima | 2 (VHF) | March 4, 1996 | Yakima | 0.8 kW Analog |
| KWWA-CA | Ellensburg | 49 (UHF) | 1997 | Yakima | 8 kW Analog |
| KVVK-CA | Kennewick | 15 (UHF) | March 15, 1996 | Pasco - Walla Walla - Kennewick |
81.9 kW Analog |
| KORX-CA | Walla Walla | 16 (UHF) | 2001 | Pasco - Walla Walla - Kennewick |
84.8 kW Analog |
- KUNS-TV - Univision Seattle, Washington
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KUNS-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KKFQ-CA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KWWA-CA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KVVK-CA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KORX-CA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KKFQ-CA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KWWA-CA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVVK-CA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KORX-CA
- http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2001/da012297.txt
- http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2002/da020047.txt
- http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2002/da020048.txt
- http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2001/da012350.txt
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Seattle Market Stations: KVOS 12 (Independent, Bellingham) - KONG 16 (Independent, Everett) - KTBW 20 (TBN, Seattle) - KBCB 24 (ShopNBC, Bellingham) - KWPX 33 (ION, Bellevue) - KWDK 42 (Daystar, Tacoma) - KHCV 45 (Jewelry TV, Seattle) - KUNS 51 (Univision, Bellevue) - KUSE-LP 58 (ShopNBC, Seattle) |
| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and PBS stations in Washington |
Categories: Incomplete film, television, or video lists | Television stations in Seattle | Television stations in the Yakima/Tri-Cities region | Television stations in Washington | Univisión network affiliates | Television channels and stations established in 1988 | Channel 51 TV stations in the United States